The 20 Most Famous Museums in the World, According to Instagram

Visiting a museum is no longer as simple as taking a stroll through the galleries and then stopping by the gift shop—you also have to fit in time for that golden shot that will make its way to your Insta account. When you're surrounded by some of the most valuable and famous artifacts in the world, it'd be hard not to share with your followers.

According to Instagram data for 2016, New York City, London, Los Angeles and Paris museums officially supreme on the app based on the number of geo-tags this year—but they're not the only cities where people are gramming their museums.

The nation's largest museum isn't just filled with some of the world's most valuable artwork, it's also full of plenty of photo-ops — from the grand steps at the entrance to the enchanting glass Temple of Dendur wing.

This relatively new contemporary art museum has a sleek exterior and well-known "Under The Table" exhibit, where you can walk beneath a massive dining room table. In other words, don't forget your phone at home.

Between its grand 19th-century architecture with arches and towers, and the large tree-lined and fairy light-adorned ice rink the museum sets up annually during the holiday season, there are plenty of reasons to be geotagging this one.

There are seven riverside buildings that make up the Hermitage Museum, and each is more incredible than the last. The star of the show is the majestic and historic green Winter Palace, though, which served as the official royal residence until 1917.

It has some of the most important classical and renaissance art spanning centuries and the Sistine Chapel. If you're not Instagramming Michelangelo's masterpiece, you're doing 21st-century Vatican City wrong.